Otherwise the one's not on here, they mainly work with families trying to buy a new primary, or possibly a second home or third.

My wife and I are local investors with single family and multifamily properties all in San Diego. 

I am concerned about noise levels when my baby gets here, because newborns cry in the middle of the night and I truly am worried that we are going to have an issue with something that is out of my control, and me and my family are going to be out on the street because of that.

"I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

What would you do, assuming you didn't have the experience you might have today and wanted to get into multi family with $250,000? 

Please hold the advice about investing with family members.

And at no fault of their own – cashflow is what they were SOLD on.Here's what I want you to understand about “buy and hold” residential real estate:Let’s use a single family home with a property value of $300,000Let’s use an initial loan amount of $240,000Let’s use an interest rate of 7.25%And I’m going to give you $150 of cash flow per monthUse a 5% appreciation amount for your propertyLet’s see what happens after 5 years:After 5 years…$150 of cash flow per month = $9,000Your mortgage has been paid down to $227,000 = $13,000Your property is now worth $382,000 = $82,000So that’s $9,000 of cash flow, $13,000 of principle buy down, and $82,000 of appreciation.

Most of my clients over the years have cited the ability to use the home for friends and family members and have it cover some or all of the costs of ownership. 

I have 3 total properties and 5 doors, 2 multifamily properties and a single family. 

House hacking and multi-family real estate are two great methods to begin developing your real estate portfolio while making steady revenue.